Non-toxic Printmaking Adv. Cert. - Curriculum

This course is designed to introduce advanced printmaking technical concepts and techniques. The focus will be on intaglio printmaking research and how to creatively apply techniques that will result in sophisticated works of art. Course may be retaken. ** Fee: A materials fee is required for this course**. (his course is restricted to Graduate College of Art and Design students.) Studio 6 (Fall, Spring).

This course explores photographic printmaking techniques, including screenprinting on paper and glass surfaces. Course content and discussions will focus on the relationship and relevancy of printmaking processes to photographic imagery. At the completion of this course, students will understand the formal and conceptual implications of media, process and form. **Fee: A materials fee is required for this course, and an additional course fee applied via student account** Studio 6 (Fall or Spring).

This course will be a comprehensive introduction to non-toxic silkscreen printing concepts and techniques. Organized to create a broad introductory experience, the course will focus on the expansion of problem solving and skill building within the context of screenprinting. The course will address a wide variety of media, tools, techniques both traditional and technological and the theoretical concepts to facilitate skill development and experimentation with process. Accumulative aspects of the curriculum will include the exploration of historical and cultural concepts of materiality and the multiple, intertwined aspects of personal interpretation and experience. **Fee: There is a lab fee required for this course** Studio 6 (Fall, Spring).